Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
bully boy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
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Examples
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There is a definite 'bullyboy' attitude in the Saskatchewan Party's approach.
Saskatchewan Party Wants A 'Right Wing Makeover' For The Province 2008
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There is a definite 'bullyboy' attitude in the Saskatchewan Party's approach.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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You can find dozens more by searching "bullyboy" on the site.
News Hounds 2009
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You can find dozens more by searching "bullyboy" on the site.
News Hounds 2009
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You can find dozens more by searching "bullyboy" on the site.
News Hounds 2009
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Many ordinary members of the public say they have been the victim of 'bullyboy' tactics.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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So the notion that propaganda is bad but free speech is good is a carefully contrived nonsense designed to allow the IOC to kowtow to the bullyboy Chinese Communists.
Archive 2008-04-06 2008
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So the notion that propaganda is bad but free speech is good is a carefully contrived nonsense designed to allow the IOC to kowtow to the bullyboy Chinese Communists.
Olympic Censorship 2008
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No one doubts but that the EU is about as popular in the UK as would being locked in a small cupboard with a skink, yet at this moment when the EU is exhibiting to public view all its worst anti-democratic credentials and bullyboy tendencies, Cameron and Hague ought to be out there booting the Lisbon treaty to death.
Digging Deeper 2008
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I got hit as well, and have been unsure whether or not to post about it on my own site as I don't really want to give the thuggish bullyboy in question any free press...but seeing how you handled it I think I might've made a mistake.
Control mhaithaca 2010
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